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Cellini’s Bar and Restaurant, QVB

I’m so behind with all of this blogging business. I’ve been tied down with the last weeks of uni (will definately be deferring next semester), and the biggest news is… well, I’ve resigned.
Moving on, here is another lunch time adventure brought to you by the Eyeblaster girls…

Jo, me and Sham
Cellini’s Bar and Restaurant offers cafe style food inside the glorious (and historic) QVB. We ordered the fettucine carbonara and a roast capsicum and zucchini melt to share…
The fettucine carbonara was the perfect serving size for one. The pasta was al dente, and was intertwined with a sublime creamy pesto sauce.

fettucine carbonara
On the other hand, the melt was rather deceiving… I had expected something more hearty. Perhaps with the unnamed riches of pesto or roast eggplant. Instead, pickled vegetables and cheese lay ontop of some crusty turkish bread… Ah, the dissatisfaction…

Jennifer Lam (Jenius)

Jennifer is the founding blogger of I Ate My Way Through (originally, Jenius.com.au).
Growing up in the multicultural melting pot of Sydney’s Inner West as a second generation Australian (of Vietnamese refugee parents of Teochew Chinese ancestry), Jen has always had a deep curiosity about global cuisines, culinary heritage and the cultural assimilation of immigrants. For Jen and her family, food is always at the centre of all celebrations, life events and milestones.
A lover of the finer things in life, as well as cheap eats, her blogging ethos is all about empowering and inspiring people to expand their culinary repertoire.
When not running her two companies (she is also the Managing Director of The Bamboo Garden online marketing agency), Jen can be found exploring old-world charms at vintage markets and delving into local eats around the world. She has a weakness for fried chicken.

I must add my two bobs worth here - last time I dined at this greasy spoon it came out of orifices at both end of my body at a much more rapid rate than I had anticiapted. Wish I had dined downstairs in the QVB instead

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